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Tumours of the head and neck

Brian E.D. Cooke
- 01 Apr 1980 - 
- Vol. 33, Iss: 2, pp 308-309
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This article is published in British Journal of Plastic Surgery.The article was published on 1980-04-01. It has received 161 citations till now.

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Major and minor salivary gland tumors

TL;DR: Surgery, irradiation or re-irradiation are treatment options for local relapse, whereas radical neck dissection is indicated for regional relapses, and the employment of anti-androgen therapy is indicated.
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Head and neck schwannomas--a 10 year review.

TL;DR: The role of adjuvant therapy remains uncertain and irrespective of treatment modality prognosis is poor with an overall survival of 15 per cent, however, recent advances in ras oncogene inhibitors may hold hope for the future.
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Photodynamic therapy: a promising new modality for the treatment of cancer

TL;DR: This article addresses the use of PDT in the disciplines mentioned above and attempts to indicate developments of PDT which could be necessary for this therapy to gain a wider acceptance in the various fields.
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Spindle-cell carcinoma: a case report.

TL;DR: An unusual case of an exophytic spindle-cell carcinoma of the maxilla arising from an area of erythroplakia suggesting a multicentric origin.
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Carcinoma of the external auditory meatus and middle ear. Prognostic factors and a suggested staging system.

TL;DR: In this article, a staging system is suggested for carcinomas of the external and middle ear, based on a personal series of 47 patients, and statistical analysis showed that the proposed system was a valid method of identifying significant predictor factors.
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Major and minor salivary gland tumors

TL;DR: Surgery, irradiation or re-irradiation are treatment options for local relapse, whereas radical neck dissection is indicated for regional relapses, and the employment of anti-androgen therapy is indicated.
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Head and neck schwannomas--a 10 year review.

TL;DR: The role of adjuvant therapy remains uncertain and irrespective of treatment modality prognosis is poor with an overall survival of 15 per cent, however, recent advances in ras oncogene inhibitors may hold hope for the future.
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Photodynamic therapy: a promising new modality for the treatment of cancer

TL;DR: This article addresses the use of PDT in the disciplines mentioned above and attempts to indicate developments of PDT which could be necessary for this therapy to gain a wider acceptance in the various fields.
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Spindle-cell carcinoma: a case report.

TL;DR: An unusual case of an exophytic spindle-cell carcinoma of the maxilla arising from an area of erythroplakia suggesting a multicentric origin.
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Mycobacterium marches back.

TL;DR: In this review the features of primary and secondary tuberculosis in various head and neck sites are described, and recent advances in diagnosis are discussed.